Baltimore’s Rye Rye follows her single “Bang” with “Sunshine – featuring M.I.A.,” standing as a testament to limitless vistas opening up for Rye Rye, a place where boasting is unnecessary, the music alone the sound of her triumph. Look for the video and remixes coming soon!

They’re still back! After over 10 years, Sade has announced that they’re going on an extensive North American tour the summer of 2011. The tour will be in support of their first studio album in a decade,Soldier of Love, which was released earlier this year and went platinum. There will be about 50 dates over the course of next summer, with 10 dates set so far.

Alex Cuba’s self-titled album drops today in the US, through his label Caracol Records. Alex has been building up to the release this week with shows at New York’s Highline Ballroom and Rockwood Music Hall, and tomorrow he embarks on his North American tour. Featuring surprising new grooves, innovative electric guitar inflections and varying tempos and structures, Alex Cuba is an important step in Alex Cuba’s ongoing musical revolution.

The singer-songwriter hails from Artemisa, Cuba and resides in Smithers, B.C. (14 hours north of Vancouver). Musically, he lives everywhere in between. His trademark sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and rock chords subtly subvert commonly held notions of what Cuban music is. ”Caballo” (Horse), a Cuban-funk-rock track and the album’s second video, was conceived and produced in Smithers, Canada. Other highlights are “Solo Tu” (Only You), a moving, mid-tempo rock ballad, “Tierra Colora” (Red Soil), a samba-rock-surf-punk sizzler and the funked up “If You Give Me Love“, his first-ever song in English.

Diplo + Sia = Sweet Remix. Sia’s full-length album, We Are Born, drops June 22nd. Her current tour dates (The We Meaning You Tour) can be found here, along with more streaming music from the new album.

Paper Tongues have kicked off their tour with Switchfoot, and today they released the debut EP on iTunes, which includes two previously unreleased tracks. Buy it here. Tour dates after the jump.[Read more...]